Two 35,000-Kw. Curtis Turbines in Waterside Station No. 1 New York Edison Company
The electrical equipment, which was furnished throughout by the General Electric Company, includes:
- A power station equipped with four Curtis turbo-generating units aggregating 18,000-kw.
- Three substations containing a total of 11-1500-kw. synchronous converters.
- 311 electric motor cars equipped for multiple unit operation. (60 of these cars operated in the Newark Suburban service are the property of the Pennsylvania R. R.)
POWER SUPPLY
The power station was equipped with two 6000-kw. and two 3000-kw. vertical Curtis turbines generating 25-cycle three-phase alternating current at 11,000 volts. This plant is at Jersey City conveniently located for the reception of coal for fuel and use of Hudson River water for condensing purposes. Through an arrangement agreed to some time ago power is now being purchased from the New York Edison Company, who have furthermore taken over the power station.
Substation No. 1 is located at Christopher & Greenwich Sts.; No. 2 at Washington & First Sts. (in Power House) and No. 3 in the Hudson Terminal Building. The 600-volt current for train propulsion is distributed through a 75-lb. top contact third rail reinforced with suitable feeders.
ROLLING STOCK
The motor car equipment owned by the Hudson & Manhattan R. R. includes 251 units, all motor cars, each carrying two motors either GE-76, GE-212 or GE-259 and Type M control. The cars are of all-steel construction and weigh from 35 to 37 tons each without passenger load. The Newark service requires 96 cars of which 36 are owned and 60 are furnished by the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. All of these cars are equipped with GE-212 motors.
Train service is operated on a uniform headway varying the number of cars per train to suit the traffic. Platforms are 370 ft. in length, which is sufficient to accommodate 8-car trains. The total number of passengers handled during the year ended June 30, 1921, was 95,607,645.